‘Premium’ Care…Who Calls It That?

The term ‘premium care’ has positive connotations. Premium gas is high-test gas; premium services are those that provide more services; premium seats at the theater are those front-center.

Premium Health Care is actually referring to the charge you pay for health insurance. That is, premium as a monthly fee.

‘Voucher’ Insurance Plan would be a more honestly descriptive term. Or ‘constrained reimbursement’. ‘Token’ health care?

But the word Premium carries with it its own positive conotation, and its double meaning.

It’s like ‘pro-life’ as opposed to ‘pro-choice’. You could be pro-choice, and still be against abortion; but if you’re pro-life, you can’t be in favor of abortion: the opposite to pro-life is anti-life.